Primary elections have been used for the past century for most U.S. elective offices and their popularity is growing in other nations as well. In some circumsta

"Explores one of the most important questions in American politics--how we narrow the list of presidential candidates every four years. Focuses on how president

Congressional primaries are increasingly being blamed for polarization and gridlock in Congress. Most American states adopted congressional primaries during the

The recent rise of “primarying” corresponds to the rise of national fundraising bases and new types of partisan organizations supporting candidates around t